291034 Thu Nov 28 13:45:48 -0800 2002 15 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1582019 What are your favorite cheeses that are not the usual fare, but also, not impossible to find? Some of my favorites are: 1. any ripened (brie-type) cheese made with goat's milk. Goat's milk has a nice "tang" that makes it a nice change from cow's milk brie. 2. "dolce" gorgonzola. This is gorgonzola that has a creamier, more plastic texture than regular gorgonzola, and a much sweeter taste. 3. gourmandise--kirsch-flavored I haven't seen this cheese for a while. It's a spreadable kind of cheese that comes in a wheel; very tasty and addictive. 4. morbier - a french cheese that has the color, general look, and texture of a swiss-type cheese, but without the holes Thu Nov 28 13:45:48 -0800 2002 0 Howard-2 1 1582021 St. Andrew - a triple creme "brie" Cabrales - Spanish Blue Cheese Stilton - English Blue Thu Nov 28 14:55:11 -0800 2002 1582019 0 tigerwoman 1 1582034 Manchego -- Spanish sheep's milk cheese that vastly improves with age. A favorite dessert of mine and my family is manchego with membrillos, a quince paste, and good french bread. Aged Gouda -- Aging transforms this cheese, making it taste like a rich(er) parmiganno reggiano. Incredible with a glass of red dessert wine. "Roaring 40s" -- An Australian cheese that is a little like a St. Andre (i.e., triple cream, brie-like), but with veins of blue running through it. A great blend of sweet/sour/salty to finish off a great meal. Gotta go take my cholesterol meds now... : D Fri Nov 29 09:47:49 -0800 2002 1582019 0 Kirk 1 1582039 1. 5 Counties; layered English cheeses (Red Leicester, Gloucester, Cheshire, Lancashire etc.) 2. Red Leicester by itself is an excellent substitute for waxy store cheddar 3. German butter cheese. 4. Smoked applewood cheddar Fri Nov 29 10:25:15 -0800 2002 1582019 0 Miles 1 1582042 Gjetost. It's a Scandinavian cheese -- Swedish, I think -- made from goat's milk. Smooth and sweet and melt-in-your-mouth. The flavor is a little like peanut butter, only really good peanut butter that's been aged. The whole experience is like eating candy. Fri Nov 29 10:43:26 -0800 2002 1582019 0 GG Mora 2 1582045 I haven't heard of Gjetost since I was a child. My Dad used to buy it. I think of it more as a sort of wierd caramely test. Do they still make it? Fri Nov 29 10:52:11 -0800 2002 1582042 0 StriperGuy 3 1582049 If they didn't, Norwegians would be jumping into the sea after their lemmings! Gjetost and Knakbrod (flat rye bread) are almost a religion in Norway. Fri Nov 29 11:35:17 -0800 2002 1582045 0 Kirk 4 1582207 i like the cheese that comes with crackers and the red plastic stick. Sun Dec 01 19:31:36 -0800 2002 1582049 0 badtaste 3 1582061 I find it here in the US under the Ski Queen Brand. It's a small square block in a red wrapper. Yum! Fri Nov 29 15:12:24 -0800 2002 1582045 0 Chris VR 2 1582059 Man, gjetost is the strangest cheese I've ever tasted! Once was quite enough! ("Once is a scientist, twice is a pervert": Voltaire.) Fri Nov 29 14:11:34 -0800 2002 1582042 0 Howard-2 1 1582050 Limburger. Good ole Badger full-strength limberger. With some heavy black bread to go with it, and a jar of dill pickles. Haven't seen any in a long time. Haven't even seen the tame spready kind that came in little jars. Fri Nov 29 11:57:34 -0800 2002 1582019 0 Sharuf 1 1582127 Telagio (sp?) is the best! - Italian, ripening cow's milk. Seems to very alot from batch to batch. D' Afinois - French, very soft, ripening cow's milk. Redwood Hills Farm Goat's Milk White Cheddar. Sooooo many good cheeses out there....... hopefully you have a good cheese shop around with knowledgable staff and that will let you taste. Sat Nov 30 13:08:56 -0800 2002 1582019 0 SLRossi 2 1582213 Second the d'affinois - like butter Pierre Robert Explorateur Brillat-Savarin All double/triple creme and worth every fat gram Sun Dec 01 21:19:24 -0800 2002 1582127 0 Hunter 1 1582181 Cabrales -- probably my favorite blue. Idiazabal -- a fudgy-textured, somewhat sharp Spanish sheep's milk cheese. Ossau-Iraty-Brebis Pyrenees -- also fudgy-textured, earthy, tangy, rich-flavored French sheep's milk cheese. Really good with a medium Tanqueray 10 martini and baguette. Vacherin Mont d'Or -- I've seen this more recently in cheese shops, including the DC Dean & Deluca. It's a French cow's milk cheese, runny with an earthy, farmyard-y yet buttery flavor. Cheers, Xochitl10 Sun Dec 01 09:44:38 -0800 2002 1582019 0 Xochitl10 2 1582216 I'm a fan of Vacherin Mont d'Or too. When it's not in season, I turn to Epoisses (runny, soft, with a mild pungence). Also love a good St Nectaire. Wonderful woodsy, almost nutty flavors. Sun Dec 01 21:55:58 -0800 2002 1582181 0 Limster 1 1582219 What is so special about Purple Haze goat cheese, besides being organic. Discs smaller than hockey pucks sell for $17.99! Which cheeses have a strip of resinous bark wrapped around the rim of the rind? Sun Dec 01 22:39:24 -0800 2002 1582019 0 Lindsay B.